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Woodcutter's avatar
Woodcutter
Aspirant
Jun 07, 2019
Solved

WPS Security Leak

How to turn off WPS? - all articles read indicate this should be off as it can be a security issue otherwise?  
  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Jun 07, 2019
    James721 wrote:

    WPS can not be disabled in Netgear routers. ...That said WPS will still function if the physical button is pressed on the router itself. 

    The UI says "WPS Settings (disabled when smart connect is enabled)", also here the WPS is still indicated in the beacon, and the WPS button appears to remain workable.

     

    James721 wrote:

    And yes another poor design by Netgear. 

    Agree.

antinode's avatar
antinode
Guru
Jun 07, 2019

> How to turn off WPS? [...]

 

   Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation.  Get the User Manual.  Read.  Look for "Specify WPS
Settings" (or "WPS").

 

> [...] all articles read [...]

 

   Thanks for the helpful links.

Woodcutter's avatar
Woodcutter
Aspirant
Jun 07, 2019

Read manual, did not resolve my question on how to turn off WPS. But thanks for your suggestion.